1 Henderson, A. and Mapp, K. 2002. A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Parent and Community Connections on Student Achievement, p. 7. Austin, Tex.: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.

5 The funds are intended to target three overarching categories of parent involvement: advocacy and decision-making (including school improvement planning and creation of a required parent involvement plan); communicating information and exercising options (including providing a school report card, informing parents about school improvement and choice options, and assisting parents in exercising their options); and partnering with schools to improve student achievement (e.g., creating a school-parent compact).

6 When a school has been identified as being in need of improvement, its district must offer students at the school an opportunity to choose and transfer to another school in the district that is not in need of improvement.

7 If a school remains in need of improvement for a second year, it must offer students from low-income families access to federally approved "supplemental educational services," including tutoring and other academic supports, that will be paid for by the local district.

9 Academic Development Institute. 2004. A Parent Guide to No Child Left Behind. Lincoln, Ill.: Author.

10 The Indiana Center for Family, School and Community Partnerships. (n.d.) A Parent's Guide to Understanding NCLB & P.L. 221. Indianapolis: Author. Available at
http://www.fscp.org/index.asp?p=9. (Click on link for No Child Left Behind and choose A Parent's Guide pdf.) Last accessed on June 9, 2007.